Schwartz Reisman Institute announces inaugural Advisory Board
The Schwartz Reisman Institute Advisory Board brings a wealth of world-class experience from a variety of sectors, including the development and regulation of AI, law and public policy, digital citizenship and inclusion, and global philanthropy.
The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) is pleased to announce its inaugural Advisory Board.
The SRI Advisory Board is composed of distinguished leaders in computer science, law, technological entrepreneurship and regulation, public policy, digital citizenship and inclusion, and global philanthropy. Its function is to provide guidance and recommendations to SRI’s leadership that will maximize the research and societal impact of the Institute.
As SRI continues to grow, the Advisory Board will aid its development in cultivating interdisciplinary research and innovative solutions that help to ensure powerful new technologies like artificial intelligence make the world a better place—for everyone.
Along with helping the Institute work towards the four main strategic objectives laid out in its 2021-2024 strategic plan, the Advisory Board will also aid in achieving a set of solutions-based goals laid out by the Institute, including the development of new models for trusted data sharing, cultivating new fields for AI research, accelerating the next generation of regulatory technology companies, and guiding a world-leading innovative approach to regulating AI and other powerful digital technologies.
The 11 Advisory Board inductees bring a wealth of world-class experience from a variety of sectors, including several of the foremost organizations engaged in the development and regulation of AI, novel public policy initiatives that address new technologies, and innovative approaches to research and the study of advanced technologies.
Schwartz Reisman Institute Advisory Board members
Yoshua Bengio, professor of computer science at the Université de Montreal, founder and scientific director of Mila, scientific director of IVADO.
Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, former policy director of OpenAI, co-chair of the OECD’s working group on AI systems.
Marian Croak, vice president of engineering at Google, lead of the Research Center for Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology.
Tristan Harris, co-founder and president of the Center for Humane Technology.
Geoffrey Hinton, emeritus distinguished professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, chief scientific adviser of the Vector Institute, vice president and engineering fellow at Google.
James Manyika, senior partner of McKinsey & Company, chairman of McKinsey Global Institute, former vice chair of the Global Development Council and co-chair of the CFR Task Force on U.S. Innovation and National Security.
Robert Prichard, chair of Torys LLP, president emeritus of the University of Toronto, former president and CEO of Torstar Corporation, former chairman, president and CEO of Metrolinx, former chairman of BMO Financial Group.
Reeta Roy, president and CEO of Mastercard Foundation.
Marietje Schaake, international policy director of Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, international policy fellow at Stanford HAI, president of the Cyber Peace Institute, former member of European Parliament.
Janice Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
Richard Sutton, distinguished research scientist at DeepMind, professor of computer science at the University of Alberta, Fellow at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
Learn more about the members of the Schwartz Reisman Institute Advisory Board.
